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St. Moritz (/ ˌ s æ n m ə ˈ r ɪ t s / SAN mə-RITS, US also / ˌ s eɪ n t-/ SAYNT-, UK also / s ən t ˈ m ɒr ɪ t s / sənt MORR-its; German, in full: Sankt Moritz [zaŋkt moˈrɪts, ˈmoːrɪts] locally; Romansh: San Murezzan [sam muˈʁetsən] ⓘ; Italian: San Maurizio; [a] French: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about ...
It is St Moritz's only ‘ski-in’ and ‘ski-out’ hotel. [1] Conde Nast Traveller described it as "completely isolated" in the mountains. [14] The Trutz Chalet restaurant is at 7,200 feet above sea level, and can be reached by a ski lift. [15] The resort has a private ski lift, with Suvretta as the sole "ski-in/ski-out hotel" in St. Moritz.
The resort of St. Moritz at around 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) sits on Lej da San Murezzan. It was the host city for the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. There are numerous ski resorts in the area served by the ski areas of Piz Corvatsch and Piz Nair. Val Roseg, south of Pontresina Val Trupchun in the Swiss National Park
Badrutt's Palace Hotel colloquially Badrutt's Palace (officially Badrutt's Palace Hotel AG [1]) is a luxury hotel and resort in St. Moritz, Switzerland.Opened in 1896, the hotel has 112 rooms and 43 suites as well as 8 restaurants, 2 bars, a shopping center and spa area.
Corviglia is a World Cup ski course in Switzerland at St. Moritz, Grisons. Opened 91 years ago in 1934, it is located in the Engadin valley on Piz Nair mountain in the Albula Alps. [1] [2] [3] Corviglia has hosted a record five World Championships (1934, 1948, 1974, 2003, 2017) and the Winter Olympics in 1948 (concurrent World Championships). [4]
The town is well known as a ski resort near Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Conceived in the 1920s as a French alternative to St. Moritz by the Rothschilds, it was the first purpose-built resort in the Alps. Originally it was a prime destination for the French aristocracy; it remains one of the most famous and affluent ski resorts in the world. [3]
Piz Nair (3,056 metres (10,026 ft)) is a mountain of the Albula Alps in Switzerland, overlooking St. Moritz in the canton of Graubünden. The peak is easily accessible from the village with a funicular and a cable car; the upper station unloads 30 metres (100 ft) below the summit. Below the summit to the east is the Corviglia ski area.
Corviglia is a location on the eastern slopes of Piz Nair, overlooking St. Moritz in the canton of Graubünden.It lies on the watershed between the rivers Schlattain (Val Saluver) and the Ovel da la Resgia (ending in Lake St. Moritz), at an elevation of 2,486 m (8,156 ft).